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Posted by StriperChaser }>)))*> on September 15, 2007, 5:30 am You can add mercury to the list of contaminants that hamper the Staunton River. Health officials recently did just that. The river is one of Virginia’s best trophy smallmouth bass and walleye streams, and is the spawning grounds of striped bass out of Kerr Reservoir. It has been troubled by PCB contaminants for a number of years. The Department of Environmental Quality recently revealed alarming levels of mercury in some of the stream’s fish, causing the Department of Health to issue new advisory reminding anglers to limit the consumption of the fish they eat. The mercury advisory covers the stream from Leesville Dam for nearly 100 miles downstream to where Dan River flows into the stream. This actually is the Roanoke River, but traditionally is calls it the Staunton for a long stretch below Leesville Dam.
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